Shortcut Key Function
Ctrl+A Select all contents of a worksheet
Ctrl+B Bold all cells in the highlighted section
Ctrl+C Copy all cells in the highlighted section
Ctrl+D Fill the cell(s) down from the one(s) above
Ctrl+F Open the Find and Replace dialog box
Ctrl+G Open the Go To dialog box
Ctrl+H Open the Find and Replace dialog box
Ctrl+I Italic all cells in the highlighted section
Ctrl+K Insert a hyperlink
Ctrl+L Open the Create Table dialog box
Ctrl+N Create a new workbook
Ctrl+O Open a workbook
Ctrl+P Open the Print dialog box
Fill the cell(s) to the right of the selected cell(s) with the content of the
Ctrl+R
leftmost cell
Ctrl+S Save the active workbook
Ctrl+T Open the Create Table dialog box
Ctrl+U Underline all cells in the highlighted section
Ctrl+V Paste the contents from the clipboard
Ctrl+W Close the active workbook
Ctrl+X Cut all cells in the highlighted section
Ctrl+Y Repeat the last action
Ctrl+Z Undo the last action
Ctrl+1 Open the Format Cells dialog box
Ctrl+5 Apply or remove strikethrough formatting
Ctrl+6 Show or hide objects
Ctrl+Arrow key Move to the edge of next data region
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Key Extend the selection to the last nonblank cell
Ctrl+Spacebar Select entire column
Shift+Spacebar Select entire row
Ctrl+Page Up/Down Move to the previous/next worksheet
Ctrl+Home Move to the beginning of a worksheet
Ctrl+End Move to the end of a worksheet
F2 Edit the active cell
F4 Repeat the last command or action
F5 Go to a specific cell
Alt+Enter Start a new line in the same cell
Alt+= Automatically SUM() the selected cells
Shift+F3 Open the Insert Function dialog box
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Enter a formula as an array formula
Ctrl+; Insert the current date
Ctrl+Shift+; Insert the current time
Ctrl+Alt+F9 Calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9 Recheck dependent formulas
Alt+F1 Create an embedded chart
Alt+F4 Close Excel
Ctrl+Tab Switch between open Excel windows
Shortcut Key Function
Alt+Shift+F1 Insert a new worksheet
Shift+F11 Insert a new worksheet
While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move to the next line,
Alt+Enter
allowing for multiple lines of text in one cell
Shift+F3 Open the Excel formula window
Shift+F5 Bring up search box
Ctrl+1 Open the Format Cells window
Ctrl+Shift+~ General format
Ctrl+Shift+$ Currency format
Ctrl+Shift+% Percentage format
Ctrl+Shift+^ Exponential format
Ctrl+Shift+# Date format
Ctrl+Shift+@ Time format
Ctrl+Arrow Right/Left Jump to the corner of the data region in a worksheet
Ctrl+Shift+Page
Select the current and previous/next sheet in a workbook
Up/Down
Alt+Page Up/Down Move one screen to the right/left in a worksheet
Ctrl+Page Up/Down Move to the previous/next sheet in a workbook
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to the previous tab in dialog box
Ctrl+Tab Switch to the next tab in dialog box
Alt+F8 Open the Macro dialog box
Alt+F11 Open the Microsoft Visual Basic For Applications Editor
Ctrl+F3 Open the Name Manager
Ctrl+Shift+F3 Create names from selection
Ctrl+/- Insert or delete cells, rows, or columns
Ctrl+' Copy the formula from the cell above
Ctrl+Shift+” Copy value from cell above
Alt+Down Arrow Display the AutoComplete list
Alt+' Format Style dialog box
Ctrl+Shift+* Select the current region around the active cell
Alt+I+R Insert row above active cell
Alt+I+C Insert column to the left of active cell
Ctrl+"+" Insert cells
Ctrl+"-" Delete cells
Alt+E+D Delete column
Alt+E+L Delete row
Ctrl+D Copy cell above
Ctrl+R Copy cell to the left
Ctrl+H Find and replace
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+G Go to a certain cell
Alt+H+O+I Auto adjust column width
Alt+H+O+J Auto adjust row height
Shortcut Key Function
Alt+H+H Select a fill color
Alt+H+B Add border
Ctrl+Shift+F Open Format Cells dialog box with the Font tab selected
Alt+H+FC Change font color
Alt+H+FS Increase font size
Alt+H+FP Decrease font size
Ctrl+Shift+> Increase font size
Ctrl+Shift+< Decrease font size
Ctrl+9 Hide rows
Ctrl+0 Hide columns
Ctrl+Shift+( Unhide rows
Ctrl+Shift+) Unhide columns
Alt+H+W Wrap text
Alt+H+MC Merge cells
Alt+H+MU Unmerge cells
Alt+H+AC Align center
Alt+H+AL Align left
Alt+H+AR Align right
Alt+H+AT Align top
Alt+H+AM Align middle
Alt+H+AB Align bottom
Alt+H+FF Select a font
Alt+H+FB+I Italic
Alt+H+FB+U Underline
Alt+H+FB+B Bold
Alt+O+C+A Auto size column width
Alt+O+R+A Auto size row height
F7 Spell check
F11 Create a chart from data in the selection
Ctrl+F1 Show or hide the ribbon
Ctrl+F2 Print preview view
Alt+F9 Display or hide named ranges
Ctrl+Alt+V Open Paste Special dialog
Alt+E+S Open Paste Special dialog
Ctrl+Alt+5 Apply or remove strikethrough formatting
Ctrl+Alt+Minus Key(-) Display the Delete dialog box to delete the selected cells
Ctrl+Shift+Plus Key(+) Display the Insert dialog box to insert blank cells
Ctrl+Space Select the entire column
Shift+Space Select the entire row
Ctrl+Shift+L Apply or remove the filter
Ctrl+Shift+U Expand or collapse the formula bar
F9 Calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks
Shift+F9 Calculate active worksheet
Alt+Equals(=) AutoSum
Recheck dependent formulas, and then calculates all cells in all open
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9
workbooks, including cells not marked as needing to be calculated
Ctrl+Shift+O Select all cells that contain comments